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"Ask me what College class I was in," says Harvard Alumni Association president Charles L. Brock, "and I have to admit I don't have any." He jokes about being a "minority" at the HAA because he earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University …
Issue: September-October 2002
"Only" a Law School Man
"Ask me what College class I was in," says Harvard Alumni Association president Charles L. Brock, "and I have to admit I don't have any." He jokes about being a "minority" at the HAA because he earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University …
Issue: September-October 2002
The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 28
Events for Wednesday, May 28, include: ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, with General Darren W. McDew and President Drew Faust. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 A.M. in Tercentenary Theatre. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will …
The Gamut of Grades from A to B
Slightly more than half the grades given to Harvard undergraduates during the past three academic years have been A or A-. More than any other datum, that underscores the "general upward trend in grades across divisions and across course sizes," as …
Issue: January-February 2002
Off the Shelf
Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq, by Bartle Bull ’93 (Atlantic Monthly Press, $35). It’s a safe bet that most Americans’ knowledge of Iraq doesn’t extend beyond Saddam Hussein. Bull, who has reported from and invested in the region, …
Issue: January-February 2025
Yesterday's News
1920 The physical examination of all 700 Harvard freshmen, in connection with a new system of compulsory freshman athletics, has been completed, with each student classified according to his “bodily mechanics” (posture). Only 7.5 percent of the class …
Topping Off
The final beam of the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston was lowered into place on an unseasonably warm day this November. For years, I have watched the building come into focus in artist renderings and architectural blueprints. Standing at its …
Issue: March-April 2018
Allende, Bloomberg, Bush, and Stiglitz: The Honorands
During the Morning Exercises of the 363rd Commencement, on May 29, Harvard planned to confer honorary degrees on five men and three women—among them a preeminent art historian; a Nobel laureate in economics; an acclaimed popular singer; a former United …
Cryptic Puzzle: “To Russia With Love”
SOLVE THE most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the Hints Download the Solution "To Russia" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy …
Cryptic Puzzle: "Song"
Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the hints Download the solution "Song" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy Childs …
Toward a Zika Vaccine
Researchers have made a surprising discovery in their search for a vaccine against Zika, a virus that can cause pregnant women to bear children with small heads (microcephaly) and other birth defects. The disease has infected more than 5,000 people from …
Take a Break
Anyone taking a late-day stroll in search of coffee or tea and something sweet would notice that Harvard Square has moved happily beyond the multiple Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts outlets—but almost to a ludicrous point. Most lavish are newcomers Tatte …
Issue: May-June 2017
Cryptic Puzzle: “Bookman”
Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solutions “Bookman” solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY Charles J. Rohrmann, …
Abortion Rights Advocacy: Past and Present
In 1970 , when Mary Summers ’70 and three other women’s rights activists—Jane Pincus, Karen Weinstein, and Catha Maslow—made a documentary about illegal abortion, they saw it as an organizing tool for state-by-state legalization efforts. Fifty-two years …
University People
National Academicians David Laibson Courtesy of David Laibson In a year in which 40 percent of its newly elected members were women, a new high, the National Academy of Sciences announced 100 new members, including nine Harvard professors: Joanna …
Issue: July-August 2019